[nerdwithamachinegun]

How does Madden feel about it?

[capt. norm]

I’m probably the only “Cheese Head” in the Florida Panhandle...and this is a real blow. Never saw it coming.

[swampdweller]

Madden was asked what Favre retiring does to the NFL. He said, "That’s a big loss. I always said that if you were going to make a monument to the NFL it would be the Green Bay Packers and Lambeau Field. I think that changed to, “Brett Favre and the Green Bay Packers.”

You can find the whole interview with Madden here: Madden Shares Memories of Favre